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FILE - In this June 6, 2019, file photo Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the the Amazon re:MARS convention in Las Vegas. The price to rocket into space next month with Bezos and his brother is a cool $28 million. That was the winning bid during the live online auction on Saturday, June 12, 2021. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Jeff Bezos heading to space with $28M auction winner

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this June 6, 2019, file photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the Amazon re:MARS convention, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Billionaire Jeff Bezos will ride on the first manned flight of his space company on July 20

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this image from video made available by Blue Origin, the New Shepard rocket lifts off during a test in West Texas on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Blue Origin via AP)

Mock crew straps into space capsule, exits before liftoff

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this June 6, 2019, file photo Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the the Amazon re:MARS convention in Las Vegas. Washington state's richest residents, including Bezos and Bill Gates, would pay a wealth tax on certain financial assets worth more than $1 billion under a proposed bill whose sponsor says she is seeking a fair and equitable tax code. Under the bill, starting Jan. 1, 2022, for taxes due in 2023, a 1% tax would be levied on "extraordinary" assets ranging from cash, publicly traded options, futures contracts, and stocks and bonds. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, to step down

By Joseph Pisani - Associated Press

In this image from video made available by Blue Origin, the company's New Shepard rocket lands after a test flight in West Texas on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (Blue Origin via AP)

Blue Origin launches capsule to space with astronaut perks

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Lockheed Martin strikes $4.4B deal to buy Aerojet Rocketdyne

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Voter polling is overrated illustration by The Washington Times

Why polling is not rocket science

By Richard W. Rahn

In this image from video made available by Blue Origin, the New Shepard rocket lifts off from its launchpad in Texas, to test new lunar-landing technology for NASA that could help put astronauts back on the moon by 2024. (Blue Origin via AP)

NASA moon-landing tech hitches ride to space on Bezos rocket

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This illustration made available by NASA in April 2020 depicts Artemis astronauts on the Moon. On Thursday, April 30, 2020, NASA announced the three companies that will develop, build and fly lunar landers, with the goal of returning astronauts to the moon by 2024. The companies are SpaceX, led by Elon Musk; Blue Origin, founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos; and Dynetics, a Huntsville, Ala., subsidiary of Leidos. (NASA via AP)

NASA goes private for 1st astronaut lunar landers in decades

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this image taken from video provided by Blue Origin, the New Shepard rocket takes off near Van Horn, Texas. Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' space company, has scored another successful spaceflight, when it launched and landed the same rocket for the sixth time Wednesday. (Blue Origin via AP)

Blue Origin launches, lands same rocket record 6 times

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

FILE - In this, May 9, 2019, file photo, Jeff Bezos speaks in front of a model of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander in Washington. Bezos and Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson favor going back to the moon before Mars. SpaceX's Elon Musk also is rooting for the moon, although his heart's on Mars. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Moon back in NASA’s court 50 years after 1st lunar landing

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie Bezos arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. MacKenzie Bezos is pledging half her fortune to charity, following in the footsteps of billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. The ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos finalized her divorce in April 2019 and reportedly got a stake in the online shopping giant worth over $35 billion. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

MacKenzie Bezos pledges half her fortune to charity

By JOSEPH PISANI - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie Bezos arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. MacKenzie Bezos is pledging half her fortune to charity, following in the footsteps of billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. The ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos finalized her divorce in April 2019 and reportedly got a stake in the online shopping giant worth over $35 billion. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

MacKenzie Bezos pledges fortune to Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge

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FILE - In this November 1969 photo provided by NASA, Apollo 12 mission Commander Charles P. &quot;Pete&quot; Conrad stands on the moon's surface. He was the third man to walk on the moon. On Tuesday, May 14, 2019, NASA's chief says the Trump administration's proposed $1.6 billion budget boost is a &quot;good start&quot; for putting astronauts back on the moon. (AP Photo/NASA)

NASA: Budget boost ‘good start’ to put astronauts on moon

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie Bezos arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie, announced Thursday, April 4, 2019, in a series of tweets that they have finalized their divorce, ending a 25-year marriage that played a role in the creation of the online shopping giant. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) **FILE**

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie finalize divorce

By Joseph Pisani - Associated Press

Blue Origin breaks ground on Huntsville rocket engine plant

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In this image from video made available by Blue Origin, the New Shepard capsule and booster lifts off from the company's site in west Texas. Jeff Bezos' rocket company launched NASA experiments into space on the brief test flight. (Blue Origin via AP)

Blue Origin shoots NASA experiments into space in test

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Groundbreaking set this week for Alabama rocket engine plant

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Bezos’ charity to give $5M for homeless in New Orleans

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Engine for new ULA rocket to be built in Alabama

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